Progressive Era - A period of time in which government officials and citizens (especially the middle class) called for reforms in business, politics, and society as a whole. Progressives aimed to fix the problems caused by the Gilded Age., Muckrakers - Writers of the Progressive Era who exposed abuses in government and industry, Upton Sinclair - Wrote "The Jungle" which exposed meat packing industry, The Pure Food and Drug Act - This law, passed in response to Sinclair's "The Jungle", was enacted to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs. It also ensured truth in labeling., 17th Amendment - allows voters in each state to elect their senators directly, Theodore Roosevelt - Trust Busting President, Suffrage - Right to Vote, Tariff - government tax on imports, Recall  - voters can remove an elected official from office, Inititative - citizens can propose a law to be placed on a ballot, Referendum - gives voters the chance to approve or disapprove proposed laws or amendments at the state level, Prohibiton - Led to increased organized crime as a direct result of making alcohol illegal (not the amendment), 16th Amendment - Income Tax, Booker T. Washington - Believed the way to get equality was through job training, W.E.B. DuBois - Demanded immediate social and economic equality for African Americans, 19th Amendment - the amendment that gave women the right to vote, 18th Amendment - The amendment that outlawed the making, selling, or transporting of alcohol, 21st Amendment - The amendment that repealed Prohibition,

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